When Trump is dead, when Putin is dead, do the dolts disappear into the woodwork?

[Swede]

Will they think Russia is a deadly enemy again? Or is it our besty? Whenever the normal conservatives are back in control of whatever follows the GOP, will they be ok with that? Will NATO be in their good graces?

[MontanaMama]

1. As long as we have Faux and Newsmax

and a corrupt SCOTUS, we fight to the death.

[lastlib]

2. You know what they say about the bad penny......

It always turns up. Truth be told, these clowns have ALWAYS been with us, since the founding, in one incarnation or another. I could write a whole essay about the times they have reared their ugly heads in our politics, but for now, I'll just cite the emergence of the KKK through the last century. Yeah, they were temporarily shunted during the civil rights movement, but they came back strong with Reagan, and growing wild again. Like cancer, venereal disease, and poison ivy, they just hang around and make life miserable for us all.

[cloudbase]

3. They won't disappear.

There will always be somebody who wants the power that comes with leading them. They're already lining up.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. they have Trump has a role model of how to form a cult.

[brooklynite]

4. Did QANON disappear when "Q" did?

The whole "JFK Jr. is still alive" story never came out of the Q messages.

[Torchlight]

5. I think all that and more is up to the next tin god they decide to worship.

I believe these guys don't really see policy or position as relevant (boring, words, reading, etc.) in any real or tangible way.

I think the only real draw this base of lowest common denominators are looking for is nothing more than who looks/sounds most telegenic when instructing them who, how, and why to hate.

[Frasier Balzov]

6. An AI version will take up the baton.

[Initech]

7. No, the dolts will be there as long as Fox and AM radio exist.

And the Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society, NRA, and so on. Generations will change, but the propaganda won't.

[jcgoldie]

9. all i know is...

the sooner we have a definitive answer the better.

[Blue Owl]

10. Into the cesspool of forgotten dumps with them

[Xolodno]

11. When you have people like DeSantis....

...willing to pick up Trump's mantra.... All of Putin's likely successors to be more aggressive than he is....

The answer is "No".

And after this war is over, I think NATO is more likely to fragment. Sure its all roses and rainbows now, but that doesn't last.

[GoodRaisin]

12. It all depends on who his sheep decide to follow, but

my guess is you will see the emergence of another Trumpish asshole. They have shown that they like assholes, and they appear to want to be ruled. I don’t think there will be normal conservatives back in control in the foreseeable future.

[DFW]

13. No. Only when the money behind them does.

When the Wall came down, and the East German regime shortly after it, „Parties“ like the DKP (German Communist Party) and the PCF (French Communist Party) came close to evaporating, since the source of their financing no longer existed.

It makes me wonder about the financing behind people like Trump, Roger Stone, etc., if the Putin regime were to fall.

[Hekate]

16. You are doubtless right on this. But until FOX et al. fall, the susceptible will still get hate 24/7

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

14. They never were in the woodwork

They've been out there, in the open, all along.

Those of us who never had the blessings of dominant groups privilege (white, christian, male, straight) have known this for a very long time, but nobody listened to us when we pointed it out.

[Hekate]

15. Never